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1. AIX
Hi.
My example:
I have a filesystem /log. Everyday, log files are copied to /log. I'd like to set owner and permission for files and directories in /log like that
chown -R log_adm /log/*
chmod -R 544 /log/*It's OK, but just at that time. When a new log file or new directory is created in /log,... (8 Replies)
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, I'm very new to Unix, but have been given a command to type in which is :
mail -s <email subject goes here> <my email address> <success.txt
this command is quite a basic one and sends an email containing the contents of the file "success.txt" to whatever email I put in with the subject of... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: rnmuk
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all,
I need a script to delete a large set of files from a directory under / based on an input file and want to redirect errors into separate file.
I have already prepared a list of files in the input file.
Kndly help me.
Thanks,
Prash (36 Replies)
Discussion started by: prash358
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4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hello,
I want to use the string with the current directory in my awk command.
I tried: 'pwd=system("pwd")'
but it doesn't work. can please help somebody? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: daWonderer
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5. HP-UX
HPUX does not recognise \h,\w,\u to display the hostname,working directory and username respectively.
So how do i set the PS1 variable to display my current working Directory as my prompt?
I also tried PS1=$PWD,
But it keeps showing the same directory path as prompt which PWD was holding at... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Amit Kulkarni
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6. Shell Programming and Scripting
I wanna make a backup tarball. I wanna write a script that makes tarball of the current directory.
There are lots of files so I cant type all files, I wanna make the tarball by excluding few files.
Like there 1000 files in a directory I wanna create a tarball containing 98 files of that... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: nishrestha
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi all,
I have a simple script follow:
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#!/bin/bash
echo -n " Enter the date of today: "
read dateoftoday
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Now I want to compare the variant $dateoftoday with date of the system (now) in order to prevent user inputs the past date to $dateoftoday. I want to make... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: axn_boy
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8. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi All
I was wondering what is the most efficient way to find files in the current directory(that may contain 100,000's files), that meets a certain specified file type and of a certain age.
I have experimented with the find command in unix but it also searches all sub directories. I have... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: kewong007
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I want to perform a task on all the files in the current directory but I'd like to loop through them one at a time. How do I tell it to give me the first filename? (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: calgone337
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10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
Hi,
when I execute some simple commands on my solaris system, I am getting the following warning message:
Could anybody tell me what could be the reason
Ex:- If I give the command,
which ls
Warning: cannot determine current directory
... (15 Replies)
Discussion started by: axes
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